Description of problem: When NetworkManager saves a plugin's connection file, it uses incorrect permissions and the file is rejected from this moment. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-1.4.4-5.fc25.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. [root@obelix ~]# cd /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections [root@obelix system-connections]# nmcli conn add type vpn vpn-type openvpn con-name foo ifname '*' Connection 'foo' (c6173ba8-878d-4667-8f34-af7b79515e7f) successfully added. [root@obelix system-connections]# ls -l foo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 249 Aug 8 20:08 foo Actual results: The file has 0644 perms Expected results: The file must have 0600 perms Additional info: It happens with several plugins, not just openvpn
It seems that my directory /etc/NetworkManager and several subdirectories has a default ACL. I don't understand why, because I don't put this ACL.